FG To Increase Allocation For Contraceptives

Nigeria’s government says it will increase its annual allocation for contraception to four million dollars in 2018, in addition to releasing two million dollar from the 3 million dollars allocation for 2017.

The director, reproductive health-federal minority of health, Kayode Afolabi disclosed this at a meeting to evaluate the progress made so far in achieving the family planning 2020 goals which is to ensure that every woman gets access to modern contraceptives.

He noted that family planning remains a key pillar and effective way of achieving safe motherhood

Experts say that more still needs to be done in terms of public health information, which they say is responsible for the poor approach by citizens to family planning issues in the country

Nigeria losses 40,000 women every year to pregnancy related complications and some of the deaths are also linked to unsafe abortions.